Bed-mounting



H. G. BISHOP.-

BED MOUNTING.

APPLICATION HLED FEB- 15. 1918.

1,384,008. Patented July 5, 1921:

WITNESSES: INVENTOR.

' ATTORNEK UNETEE STATES HOMER, Gr. BISHOP, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN AUTOMATIC LOCK & LIFT COMPANY, OF SAN FRANCISCO,CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION F CALIFORNIA.

BED-FIOUNTING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HOMER G. BIsHor,a citizen of the United States,residing at1450 35th avenue, @akland, in the county of Alameda and Stateof California, have invented new and useful Improvements inBedMountings, of which the following is a description.

My invention relates to the mounting of a bed so that it may be movedinto or out of a receptacle; and more particularly to that form known asfolding beds.

It has for one of its objects the arrangement of the bed mountings suchthat a minimum space is required in the wall or closet, within which thebed is to be located when not in use, and with the parts so arrangedthat the bed may be readily swung through an opening of minimum width toand from said receptacle and the room where it is to be used.

It also has among other objects the suspension of the weight of the bedand its mountings from a point above the floor, preferably at or nearthe top of the opening of the wall, receptacle or closet, and doing awaywith the supporting instrumentalities heretofore usually forming a partof a bed mounting on or about the floor or wall side, or within theaforesaid receptacle.

By referring to the attached drawings, my invention will be made plain.

Figure 1, shows the bed in its position of use in the room, in planview.

Fig. 2, shows, in side elevation, the folded bed located within itsreceptacle and with the suspension structure.

Fig. 3 is a detail showing a plan of the lower linkage with other partsremoved.

Fig. 4, shows the same parts when the bed is opened into the room.

Fig. 5, shows, in plan, the method of sup porting the track.

Fig. 6, shows, in side elevation, an alternate method of supporting thetrack.

In Fig. 7, the rollers are shown on the sup-" porting track as beingflanged to retain their tracking alinement, whereas in Fig. 8 the backinto the closet without upending and rollers are shown without flanges,but

tracked between the two flanges of an eye beam, the flanges of said beamretaining the}:

roller alinement.

Fig. 9, shows in elevation the top of th upright column with lever andlink arrange ment and method of hanging from supportlng track.

Throughout the figures similar letters refer to simllar parts. at is thebed in its p0- sitlon of use within the room I). 0 is a closet orreceptacle or space within the wall within which the bed is adapted tobe located when not in use. (Z is the body of the bed folding upwardagainst the head structure e. f is the foot support which I prefer tofold down upon the bedding in the position shown in Fig. 2, when the bedis upended, and which retains the bed clothes and mattress tight againstthe body d when so up-ended.

The body (Z is adapted to swing about a hinge 9 supported from the headmember 6 and the vertical spindle h.

The vertical spindle h is suspended from the horizontal member 71 by abearing, preferably of the well known ball bearing type, 7', so that itis free to swing about a vertical axis. The member 7; is adapted totravel horizontally with respect to the supporting member 70, by the toproller Z and under roller m.

I prefer to locate a track 0 on the floor, within the groove part ofwhich, a pin or projection of the vertical spindle 72, may travel, thusconfining it against side swinging during the travel of the bed throughthe wall opening n, and while in its final position (shown in Fig. 1.)

I also prefer to mount upon said vertical spindle, projecting arms 29,p, with which arms are pivoted links 9, q. The opposite ends of thelinks of g, q are held by the fixed pivots r, r, so that if the bed isr0- tated as shown by the dotted line in Fig. 1, from its positionwithin the receptacle to its position in the room, the arms 79, p arerotated from the position shown in Fig. 3 to the position shown in Fig.4.

I prefer to mount upon the said links 9, the pins 8, s, which when thebed occupies the position of Fig. 4, lock against the arms 72, 32, sothat the bed cannot be pushed iving it a rotary movement.

When the bed is rotated from its position f Fig. 3 to the position ofFig. 4, the stop )lIlS s and s are finally brought against the ides ofthe levers p and 39' thus locking the bed against further turningmovement,

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straight line between the center of it, T. It will be obvious to oneskilled in the art that it is not necessary to locate the pivots 7", r 7

upon the back wall of the receptacle, nor is it necessary to extend thesupporting member 70 any greater length into the receptacle thanrequired for the travel of the rollers Z and m. This supporting memberZc may be supported in any of a number of difierent ways so long assutficient trackage is al- An alternate method is shown in Figs. 5 and6, of supporting said supporting member.

The operation will be as follows: Assum ing the bed to be put up withinthe closet, it is then brought into use by first rotating it about thevertical spindle (it) which rotation will cause the levers and links(72') and to force the said vertical spindle transversely through thecloset to the position within the room. During this movement the bearingon the member advances while suspended by the rollers (Z) and (m). Thebed may now be let down to its final position shown in full lines inFig. 1..

The bed may be placed in storage by a reversal of the aboveoperationthat is; it is first upended and then rotated back into thecloset; the rotation of the vertical spindle through the lever (p) andlink (q) causes the suspension bearing (j) and member (i) to be forcedback into the closet through the rotation of rollers (Z) and (m) untilit is in its complete inclosed position.

7 It is to be understood that after upending the bed of Fig. 1 it is tobe pushed'on one side toward the closet which will start rotation aboutit and the travel of h in the track 0 under the controlof links 9 andand such pushing and turning is continued until the final closetposition of Figs. 2 and 3 is attained.

Having thus described my invention I claim: g

A folding bed having ahead structure wider when upended for concealmentthan the opening through which it is passed, a partially rotatablevertical ,member suspended from a horizontally slidable member, meanssupporting said slidable member from the ceiling and a plurality ofdevices compelling the coincident rotation and hori- Zontal movement ofthe bed.

HOMER G. BISHOP.

